Good things come in small packages! By Sally 1st August 2003

The children of Marfleet Primary School in Hull have joined forces with Barrow Island Primary School and Lowick School, Abbotsmead in Barrow, Cumbria to produce a fantastic exhibition of art that consists of more than 1500 pieces. Each piece of work has been made to fit into a matchbox and was inspired by the children’s own unique insight into their various schools and communities.   Image courtesy of Katie Varey. Thanks Katie.

The work covers an incredible range of subjects from scary sea creatures to school dinners (and how scary is that?) and uses many mediums from clay models to junk sculpture.

This innovative exhibition comes to Artlink Exchange, 21 Princes Avenue, Hull HU5 3RX from Saturday August 2nd to 4th September. The collaboration, called EAST-WEST, was put together by Ian Killen of Hull Community Arts group ARTLINK EXCHANGE and John Hall, artist in residence at Barrow Island Primary School.

For further information phone 01482 345104 or email artlink@pop3.poptel.org.uk

Support for this project came from:

For further information visit www.johnkennethhall.co.uk continued below..

Good things come in small packages! continued By Sally

PRESS RELEASE east west Artlink Exchange is proud to present From 2nd August to 4th September East West: a year long collaborative project between ArtLink ExChanges HU9 Have a Go arts development project working with Marfleet Primary school and Barrow Island Community Primary school. Pupils from Years 1 to 6 at each school produced artworks which set out to describe their experience of their own community. Over 1000 matchbox sized artworks were produced; ranging from ‘trawlers in matchboxes’, ‘Spurn Point Collages’ to ‘exotic fish’. The pupils got the chance to work alongside artists from a variety of disciplines including photography, model making and collage. The work from both schools is mounted in twenty presentation cases and has travelled from Barrow to Hull as part of its tour. If you would like any further details about Artlink exhibition, workshops or opening times then please contact Robert at 21 Princes Avenue, Hull, HU5 3RX. Tel. (01482) 345104 Fax. (01482) 345028 Email : artlink@pop3.poptel.org.uk

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